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Product Reviews: Structures Sassi, Lou Trackside Photos (italics indi- How bad do you want it?, Dairy transfer stand, HO, Appalachian bridge line on a cates photographer) May p74 American Model Builders, shelf, Jan p69 Anderson, Steve, May p66 How we see things, Nov p74 Aug p61 How to model a concrete Baker, Frank, Dec p67 It’s mostly made of wood, Jul Shopping center, HO, Men- retaining wall, Aug p46 Barry, Doug, Nov p64 p74 ards, Nov p56 Make a right-of-way fence, Bartlett, Ryan, Oct p64 Smelling the roses, Aug p74 Product Reviews: Train sets May p26 Bittinger, Steve, Nov p64 Tale of two covers, A, Dec p74 Amtrak Acela, HO (not scale), Model an abandoned right-of- Bourgerie, Richard, Feb p72, These are the “good new Atlas Trainkids, May p56 way, Mar p37 Jul p60 days,” Feb p82 C&NW Peninsula 400, N, Narrow gauge switching ac- Bowling, John, Jul p65 Train length and passing track Kato, Apr p56 tion, Jul p28 Burk, Larry, Sep p75 spacing, Sep p82 CN Transcontinental, N, Kato, Pulling together at the Co- Bzdawka, Jim, Jul p62 Transition-era favorites, Aug January February March April May June Nov p52 shocton Model RR Club, Jul Clark, Warner, Feb p72 p38 Rocket Freight, HO, Bach- p38 Clement, Jerry, Feb p75 mann (Menards), Mar p62 Scratchbuild a big-city station, Decker, Michael, Feb p74 WiFlyer Express, HO, Wal- Jan p56 Dolkos, Paul, Nov p62, Nov U-V thers, Dec p56 Short cuts, Sep p36 p64, Nov p66 Project layouts Søeborg, Pelle Gale, David, Apr p66 Visintine, Joe Building Wingate in O scale, How to model a chain link Gayer, Dave, Apr p66 Rolling along the bluffs, May part 1, Jan p48 fence, Jan p67 Giammasi, John, Mar p70 p28 Prototype drawings/informa- See also Step By Step Grosser, Ray, Jul p65 Vistas from the new Bone Val- tion Step by Step Hough, R.G., Jan p90, Sep ley, Dec p48 Build a working water tank, Build an HO scale freight car p74 Jan p60 kit, Mar p22 Kaiser, Julian, Jun p66 Freight cars of the ’70s, part How to build a yard office, Jul Kirkpatrick, Doug, Mar p73 W-X-Y-Z 1, Aug p32 p24 Kirkwood, Ken, Oct p64 July August September October November December Freight cars of the ’70s, part How to make hill brakes and Komar, Greg, Mar p70 West Texas Speedway, Sep p42 2, Sep p54 fusees, Sep p24 Kuchar, Bob, Jul p66 White, Eric Freight cars of the ’70s, part How to model embedded Leone, Gerry, Nov p60 Freight cars of the ’70s, part 3, Oct p44 rails, Feb p26 Ludke, Bob, Jan p91 1, Aug p32 Make a mortar rubble wall, Modifying an N scale hopper, Marshall-Potter, Paul, Apr p66 Freight cars of the ’70s, part Jul p34 Jun p24 Martinez, Gabriel, Dec p64 2, Sep p54 INDEX Pulling together at the Coshoc- Quick and easy freight car Martinez, Jorge, Dec p64 Freight cars of the ’70s, part Volume 87 • January-December 2020 ton Model RR Club, Jul p38 weathering, May p22 Maule, Thomas J., Oct p66 3, Oct p44 Weather a coil steel car, Aug May, Mike, Mar p73 See also Step by Step © 2019-2020 Kalmbach Media, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612. No part of this volume p24 Mindheim, Lance, Apr p64 Williams, Craig may be reprinted without the specific permission of the publisher. R Weathering freight cars with Mlecko, Ray, Jan p88 Rotary switch control for decals, Jan p26 Mulrooney, Art, Jun p66 RailCrew uncouplers, Oct p50 Radice, Thom Wire-free lighting with optical O’Connell, Raymond, Dec p66 Wills, Keith Using the index: Most feature material has been indexed at least three ways – once by title, again under Modeling the Civil War in HO fiber, Apr p26 Preston, Roderick, Feb p74 See Heritage Fleet the author’s last name, and finally by subject, usually falling under at least one of the MR subject categories. scale, Oct p36 See also Rehab My Railroad Pugliese, Vince, May p64 Winter’s project, A, Jun p50 Italics indicates an author’s name (or a photographer, under Trackside Photos). Now on ModelRailroader.com Reader’s Choice Awards, May Stover, Brooks Qualman, Jay, Jul p75 Zane, Howard p46 Better hardshell scenery, Nov Radice, Thom, Aug p64 Going home on the Piermont MR subject categories: Rehab My Railroad p34 Railview Historical Society, Division, Feb p42 Cartoons Cover photos Operation information The 2005-2020 annual indices are Merging old and new bench- Swanson, Carl May p64 Clarifications/Corrections Layout descriptions Project layouts Techniques available as PDFs under The Magazine tab at ModelRailroader.com. For Salcius, Andy, Aug p64 Construction articles Obituaries Prototype drawings/ Track plans work, Nov p22 See Editorials a searchable, printable archive of More industry for the MR&T, Sassi, Lou, Nov p63 MR departments: Model Railroader articles, subscribe at Savage, David, Aug p66 Oct p24 T Ask MR News & Products Rehab My Railroad ModelRailroader.com/Archive. New life for an old building, Scanes, Steven, Mar p72 DCC Corner N Scale Insight Step by Step Dec p24 Schwab, Mike, Sep p72 Editorials (From the Editor) On Operation Trackside Photos Richards, Jim Taking scenery into the aisle, Shron, Jason, Oct p62 Heritage Fleet Product Reviews Trains of Thought Digging into better tunnels, Mar p34 Simon, Harvey, Jan p90 Jan p30 Techniques Smith, Greg, Jun p67 Kitbash a fishing fleet, Jan 5 tips for trouble-free turn- Stoddart, Vanessa, Dec p66 p42 outs, Aug p28 Stover, Brooks, Jul p67 0-9 How to line turnouts on thick Ball, Don U.P., Nov p38 Rickaby, Dave Detailing diesel locomotives, Sutton, Rick, Jul p66, Aug p66 benchwork, Apr p20 Add interest with mini-scenes, Half century on the Virginia Sep p28 Tagsold, Doug, Mar p72 This “bear trap” caught cin- Mar p40 C & Truckee, A, Apr p28 Enhance figures with decals, Thomas, Glyn, Sep p74 2020 Photo Contest winners, ders, not bears, Oct p20 Better hardshell scenery, Nov Ride the Frisco to St. Louis, Jul p46 Thompson, Mat, Oct p65 Jul p60 What did MR’s birthplace p34 Jun p44 How to model a chain link Thoms, Rob, Jul p64 5 tips for trouble-free turnouts, really look like?, Mar p18 Bigge, Dave Carlile, Sammy Rolling along the bluffs, May fence, Jan p67 VanDenburgh, John, May Aug p28 What do different TTX marks Taking scenery into the aisle, West Texas Speedway, Sep p28 How to model a concrete p67, Jun p66 signify?, Dec p16 Mar p34 p42 Cartoons Rotary switch control for Rail- retaining wall, Aug p46 Vavra, John, May p66 A What kind of locomotive for a Big trains through the South- Crew uncouplers, Oct p50 Make a mortar rubble wall, Waskowsky, Greg, Aug p67 short line?, Jan p20 west, Feb p52 Jan p97, Feb p81, Mar p81, Roseman, V.S. Jul p34 Weiss, Russ, Dec p67 What’s a control point?, Aug Build a long-span bridge, Nov Apr p73, May p73, Jun p73, Department store for Main Modeling space-saving indus- Wolfe, Glenn, Nov p63 Add interest with mini-scenes, p20 p46 Jul p73, Aug p73, Sep p73, Street, A, Sep p50 tries, Mar p34 Trains of Thought Mar p40 What’s the letter in SOU cab Build a working water tank, Oct p73, Nov p73, Dec p73 Enhance figures with decals, Power pickups for rolling Achieving that finished look – All you need to know, in four numbers for?, Sep p18 Jan p60 Celebrating steam’s last stand, Jul p46 stock, Jan p35 quickly, Jan p98 square feet, Aug p48 When were knuckle couplers Building Wingate in O scale, Apr p38 Taking scenery into the aisle, All-too-familiar problem of Appalachian bridge line on a instituted?, Nov p18 part 1, Jan p48 Clarifications/Corrections Mar p34 inertia, The, Jun p74 shelf, Jan p69 Where can I find scale draw- Building Wingate in O scale, Jun p18, Aug p19, Oct p18 S See also Step by Step Alternate uses of house cars, Ask MR ings of the K-27?, Jun p20 part 2, Feb p36 Conquering the Cascades, Jun Technology Oct p74 Can I fix a bubble in a cured Building Wingate in O scale, p28 Construction articles: Layouts Sassi, Cheryl Rotary switch control for Breaking the realism barrier, water feature?, Feb p20 B part 3, Mar p26 How to model white birch RailCrew uncouplers, Oct p50 Mar p82 Got any ideas for an uncou- Building Wingate in O scale, and modules trees, Mar p50 Short cuts, Sep p36 Cross-country trek to Califor- pling tool?, Jul p18 part 4, Apr p48 All you need to know, in four nia, A, Apr p74 How best to shrink a struc- Backdating Quisling, Calif., Jan Burk, Larry square feet, Aug p48 ture’s footprint?, May p18 p38 Narrow gauge through the P32456 Backdating Quisling, Calif., D F K Norfolk & Western of the Build a long-span bridge, Nov I met the enemy and he was Gunderson Husky-Stack well Jan p38 1950s (HO), Apr p38 p46 me, Jan p24 car, HO, Rapido, Feb p67 Building Wingate in O scale, Oxnard, Tom: Boston & Miracle in Monterey, Feb p30 Making “good enough” a little NSC 5150 covered hopper, part 1, Jan p48 DCC Corner Fireballs and Alpha Jets, Mar Kawala, Dana Maine (HO), May p36 Model an abandoned right-of- better, Mar p20 HO, Walthers, Apr p60 Building Wingate in O scale, Block detection, why and p42 See Product Reviews Peluso, John: Frisco Lines way, Mar p37 Simplifying body-mounting Penn Central 50-foot boxcar, part 2, Feb p36 how, May p54 Freight cars of the ’70s, part 1, Kelly, Jim (HO), Jun p44 Modeling a modern-era rail couplers, Jul p22 N, Eastern Seaboard Models, Building Wingate in O scale, DCC and sound for a Life- Aug p32 See N Scale Insight Piermont Division (HO), Feb hub, Mar p54 Jan p83 part 3, Mar p26 Like GP7, Apr p54 Freight cars of the ’70s, part 2, Klimoski, Thomas p42 Modeling space-saving indus- PS-3 hopper, HO, Tangent, Building Wingate in O scale, ESU’s LokSound 5 is here!, Sep p54 How to model a concrete Plachter, Rolf: Midwest Lines tries, Mar p34 O Feb p66 part 4, Apr p48 Jun p56 Freight cars of the ’70s, part 3, team track ramp, Nov p30 (HO), Dec p38 Model Spring Creek Trestle in N Thrall/Trinity 42-foot coil See also Project layouts Finally, a universal throttle we Oct p44 Koester, Tony Quisling, Calif.
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    Review and Analysis of Railroad Passenger Car Waste Retention U 5 Deportment of Tronsportot~on Systems Federal Railroad Administration Volume 1: Report and Appendices A and B Office of Research and Development Washington DC 20590 Arthur D. Little, Inc. Acorn Park Cambridge MA 02140 DOTIFRAIORD-91-02 I January 1991 This document is available to the Final Report Public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161 NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. NOTICE The United States Government does not endorse products of manufacturers. Trade or manufacturers' names appear herein solely because they are considered essential to the object of this report. Technical Keport Documentotion Page I. Report No. 2. Corcrnmcn? Acccs=fonNo. 3. Rcclplen!'r Cotalog No. DOT/FRA/OKD 91-02 I & 11 4. Tlvla and Subtl!le 5 Report 00,. Review and Analysis of Railroad Passenger Car Waste July 1990 Retention Systems 6. Pcrlormlng Orgonllo~lon Code Volume I Report and Appendices A and B 8 P.~I~~~,~~~~~ucport NO. .~~~~t~~~ 7. ~"thor(,l Alan J. Bing, Todd 0. Burger, Thomas J. Rasmussen ec al. 9. Perlormcng Orgqnlzo?lonName ond Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAlS) Arthur 3. Little, Inc. Acorn Park 11. con,roc,or clon(NO. Cambridge, MA 02140 DTFR-53-87-C-00035 - 13. Type 01 Rcpor~and Per,od covered 12. U.S.Sponrortng Department Aqoncy Nome ofond AddressTransportation Final Report January 1991 Federal Railroad Administration Office of Research and Development 14.